Where is sub saharan africa?

Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. According to the United Nations, it consists of all African countries that are fully or partially located south of the Sahara. read more

In the Library's custodial divisions may be found records, photographs, and maps documenting the first 100 years of the republic that grew out of the initial efforts of the American Colonization Society to repatriate freed slaves back to Africa. read more

Prior to the formal restoration of African majority government in 1994, South Africa was never designated ‘sub-Sahara Africa’, unlike the rest of the 13 African-led states in southern Africa, which were also often referred to at the time as the ‘frontline states’. read more